An Okie teacher banished to the Midwest.
"Education is not the filling a bucket but the lighting of a fire."-- William Butler Yeats

Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Chicken Tawook, Radiohead, and other Randomness

To whomever is looking on Google for a chicken tawook dinner in Tulsa and found this site, you want to go Halim and Mimi's near the University of Tulsa campus on 11th street. This is the best Mediterranean/Lebanese food in the Land Between the Coasts. It's a small place-- don't miss it. I think it's only open from 11 to 3 on weekdays now, but make the effort! Trust me-- I never kid about garlicky goodness.

For those of you who love Radiohead, I have one question: OK Computer or Kid A? Now that Thom is releasing a solo album, I thought I'd ask.

Is Christy Brinkley cursed in love? It feels so weird to be pitying such a goddess....

How do I embed a YouTube video into a post?

Why does Mike Klonsky repeatedly think my name is Neil Finn? I'm not THAT obsessed about him, am I?

There are people in Jakarta who have read this blog. I find that amazing.

Guess who called to get me to beg, beg, beg me to come back to them today, after we have settled into dish-bliss? The Cable Company! It was hard not to laugh rudely when they offered me eighty whole channels! Tchah!

I'm a guy, and I don't get this: How does a man - an man - leave *Christy Brinkley* at home for some teenager?

This is like that dope Jude Law cheating on Sienna Miller. Or that guy who was with Mary Louise Parker and who dumped her when she was eight months pregnant with his child? (I have a bit of a crush on MLP, and I wanted to challenge him to pistols at forty paces.) Or the guy who cheated on Halle Berry. Halle Berry?!?!

I had to download Firefox to be able to do it, but it was worth it, because I have now learned a new thing today. Thanks bunches!

Quaker Dave,Even I as a woman don't get it. And I get your Mary Louis Parker thing, too. She's been one of my favorites since the 80s. I;d be your second on that one, and I'd make sure the pistol was loaded. I never understood why a woman would divorce Tom Selleck either, unless his politics drove her away... But just for looking at, mmm-hmmmm!

And Janet, you must try this: it's grilled chicken breast, covered in a wonderfully garlicky yogurt based sauce with mild spices. My favorite is as a sandwich wrapped in a pita. See if there is a Lebanese restaurant near you. Oh my God! Now I crave one, and it's hundreds of miles away! AYYYY!

Yes, indeedy, it is- the incompetent twerps. After the "retention specialist" played dumb and asked me why in the WORLD I would ever want to leave them, and I told her, she really couldn't mount a defense.

Now I just need them to come and get their shtupid shtuff.

And the puppy? Definitely a magnet for people of all types. He already knows sit and come, and is working on heel.

What's On the Bookshelf? (And stacked on the floor, and in the loo, and next to my bed, and in my backpack....)

Infinite Jest, by David Foster Wallace

The Stripping of the Altars, by Eamonn Duffy

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling

Wishful Drinking, by Carrie Fisher

The Big Over Easy, by Jasper Fforde

Columbine, by Dave Cullen

The Forever War, by Dexter Filkins

Here, Bullet, by Brian Turner

Random Thoughts

"Read-ity read read read."-- The Ramblin' Educat

"Personally, I think for democracy to exist, opposition is key. History seems to bear that out. One sign you're doing a good job is when the only argument the extablishment can muster is "shut up" and variations on that theme.-- NYC Educator

"The only thing worse than having no taste is having no shame."-- via Mamacita

"The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments in a Courthouse is because you cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal, Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery & Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment."-- Molly Ivins (via Mike in Texas!)

"Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son."-- Dean Wormer, Animal House

"I've seen a look in dogs' eyes, a quickly vanishing look of amazed contempt, and I am convinced that basically dogs think humans are nuts."-- John Steinbeck